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Union Calendar No. 377 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4240 

[Report No. 114–495] 

To require an independent review of the operation and administration of 

the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) maintained by the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation and subsets of the TSDB, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 11, 2015 

Ms. JACKSON LEE (for herself, Mr. RATCLIFFE, and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

APRIL 15, 2016 

Additional sponsors: Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. RICHMOND, 

Mr. PIERLUISI, Mr. COHEN, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. VELA, Mr. 

LABRADOR, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. JOHNSON of 

Georgia, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. 

KEATING, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. KILDEE, 

and Mrs. DINGELL

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Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 11, 2015] 


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A BILL 

To require an independent review of the operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database 

(TSDB) maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and subsets of the TSDB, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No Fly for Foreign 

5 Fighters Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GAO STUDY ON THE TERRORIST SCREENING DATA7 BASE. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

9 of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 

10 United States shall conduct a study and submit, to the 

11 Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 

12 and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, a report 

13 on— 

14 (1) whether past weaknesses in the operation and 

15 administration of the Terrorist Screening Database 

16 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘TSDB’’) and subsets 

17 of the TSDB have been addressed; and 

18 (2) the extent to which existing vulnerabilities to 

19 the United States may be addressed or mitigated 

20 through additional changes to the TSDB and subsets 

21 of the TSDB, thereby enhancing America’s security 

22 and defenses. 

23 (b) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—The study and report 

24 under subsection (a) shall include information on the extent 

25 to which— 


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1 (1) information is being integrated into the 

2 TSDB from all relevant sources across the government 

3 in a timely manner; 

4 (2) agencies are able to comply with increased 

5 demands for information to improve the TSDB; 

6 (3) the TSDB, and relevant subsets of the TSDB, 

7 are accessible to agencies, authorities, and other enti8 ties, as appropriate; and 

9 (4) the TSDB is capable of enabling users to 

10 identify known or suspected terrorists in the most 

11 timely and comprehensive manner possible. 


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Union Calendar No. 377 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4240 

[Report No. 114–495] 

A BILL 

To require an independent review of the operation 

TSDB, and for other purposes. Bureau of Investigation and subsets of the Database (TSDB) maintained by the Federal and administration of the Terrorist Screening 

APRIL 15, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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